Today, marks the 17th anniversary of Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan film Devdas. Fans took to Twitter to celebrate its anniversary - check out their tweets below.

Key Highlights

Devdas released in the year 2002

Shah Rukh Khan considers this as his best performance on the big screen

The film made more than Rs 99 crore (gross) worldwide in its lifetime run at the box office

One of the most iconic performances by Shah Rukh Khan was when he played Devdas Mukherjee, a drunk living in denial, in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas (2002). The film also starred Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who played Chandramukhi and Paro respectively. From lavish sets to impeccable performances by the cast, Devdas soon became a cult classic and to this day, fans are in awe of the film.

As the film completely 17 years of its release today, fans and Twitter users celebrated the iconic Bollywood drama. While some of them lauded the cast and the director for their impeccable performances and vision, others recalled their own stories as to where they were in life when they watched this film.

Check out some of the tweets below:

I was 11, sitting in my living room. The time was 9 pm, which means it’s time for a Bollywood film, turned on the TV and saw a movie titled Devdas was playing. Initially, the name didn’t impress me much, but went on to becoming one of my favs. Brilliant!#17YearsOfIconicDevdaspic.twitter.com/cCzA41slkw

No matter How many times u will see this movie.eachtime you will cry.This movie has the best and most Saddest climax Ever in Bollywood.the songs in this movie are Awesome.the costumes The lines Dailouges The characters etc evrything in this movie is best #17YearsOfIconicDevdaspic.twitter.com/NunDf9xOMv

On the finale episode of the first season of Koffee With Karan, host Karan Johar had revealed to Sanjay Leela Bhansali, sitting on the judges’ table with Farhan Akhtar and Farah Khan, that SRK thinks Devdas was his best performance to that day. Of course, SLB was humbled upon learning that Shah would choose a film directed by the Padmaavat director as his best, especially since the Bollywood superstar had already delivered critically acclaimed and blockbuster movies with influential directors like Yash Chopra.

Devdas also starred Bollywood star Jackie Shroff, who played Chunni Babu in the film. His performance and his camaraderie with Shah Rukh was loved by critics and fans alike. For those unaware, the role of Chunni Babu was first offered to Govinda, however, the actor at the time had turned it down and it eventually went to Jackie Shroff.

Despite being a story with a tragic ending, the movie goers had loved the film and it went on to become a big box-office success. The film made a total of Rs 99.87 crore (gross) at the worldwide box office, a huge feat for the time when the film was running in theatres.